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GLEANINGS IN B K E CULTURE 



August, 1920 



(Cuiitiiiui-tl from pafie 4HS.) 

 wliieli gathered at Newark on July 17. There 

 was a large attendance and much interest 

 and much enthusiasm were shown. All present 

 reported an unprecedented honey flow and 

 an unusual crop. Editor E. E. Root was 

 among the speakers. 



The annual summer meeting and basket 

 jiicnic of the Livingston-Wyoming County 

 Beekeei)ers' Association will be held at the 

 apiary of W. E. Spink, Varysburg, N. Y., on 

 Sept. 1. All beekeepers welcome. 



The second Wisconsin Beekeepers' Field 

 Meet and Chautauqua will be held August 

 16 to 21 at Madison. Dr. E. F. Phillips and 

 Geo. S. Demuth will act as chief instructors, 

 while such' leaders as C. P. Dadant, N. E. 

 France, E. R. Root, H. F. Wilson and others 

 equally well known will be present. A 

 whole garden has been grown on the Uni- 

 versity grounds to help feed those who at- 

 tend. This is indeed a great opportunity 

 for beekeepers of Wisconsin and adjoining 

 States to enjoy a very pleasant and very 

 profitable week. 



FOR SALE. — 200 colonics of bees, 20 acres of 

 liind, 2 two-room houses, 2 three-room. Good k)ca 

 tion, 7 miles to Montgomery, Ala., on gravel road. 

 Bees filling up on sweet clover. Will sell before 

 taking off honey. Good alfalfa land. Write to 

 W. H. Jones, Montgomery, Ala., R. D. 1. 



Advertisements Received too Late to Classify 



FOR SALE." — Finest quality white-clover ex- 

 tracted honey, well ripened and of good flavor, put 

 up in new 60-lb. and 12-lb. cans, and 10- and 51b. 

 pails. Also some nice comb honey. 



R. C. Ortleib, Dolsevillc, N. Y. 



WESTERN HEADQUARTERS for PURE 

 ITALIAN QUEENS, the old reliable three-banded 

 stock, bred strictly for business. My select un- 

 tested are LAYING before being caged; less loss 

 introducing. Price after Aug. 1, 1, $1.50; 12 or 

 more, $1.25 each. Tested, $2.00. Breeders, $5.00. 

 Circular free. 



.T. E. Wing, 155 Schiele Ave., San Jose, Calif. 



NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS. — We have .iust 

 received a small supply of the well-known "Marugg 

 Special" gra.ss blades at very acceptable prices. The 

 stock is limited and the supply for the future from 

 our factory in Germany uncertain. 



The Marugg Company, Tracy City, Tenn. 



FOR S.VLE. — 100 regular shipping cases for 

 4V4 X A\i X 1% sections; 50 .shipping cases for 

 4x5 sections, in lots of 50. Priced to sell. 



Stiles Bee Supply Co., Stillwater. Okla. 



FOR SALE. — Try the push-in-conib (|iieen intro- 

 ducing cage, 50c postpaid. H. J. Dahl. 1272 Mich- 

 igan Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



FOR SALE. — 30 large storage cans with honcv 

 gates, 100 or more standard 6O-II1. shipping cans 

 with screw tops, round and square cans from 20 to 

 GO lbs., all clean and suitable for shipping extracted 

 honey; 100 lbs. unopened cases of foundation; 2 

 extracting machines, tanks for cappings, a quantity 

 of lumber suitable for use in the business, and many 

 suitable articles too numerous to mention. 



J. R. Sturtevant, Theresa, N. Y. 



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FOB SALE. 



On the following list of goods you can 

 make a saving of from 20 per cent up, if you 

 act pr(>mi)tly ".. 



Shipping Cages for Pound-Bees, New. 



1500 lib. Packages, complete, at 40c 



470 2-lb. Packages, complete, at 52c 



140 3-lb. Packages, complete, at. .... . 75c 



60 lib. Packages, nailed, not screened 30c 

 500 2-lb. Packages, nailed, not screened 40c 

 These are the packages recommended by 

 the Texas Beekeepers' Association. 



Queen-Rearing Nuclei. 



975 Standard 4-frame Nuclei, Hoffman 



frame, nailed and painted, at $1.00 



140 Sframe Hives, divided in the cen- 

 ter, N. P.. at $2.00 



45 lO-frame Hives, divided in 2 and 



three parts, at $2.10 



lO-Frame Hive Bodies. 



110 lO-frame Hive Bodies, emptv, N. 



P., at .$0.80 



150 10-frame Hive Bodies, with founda- 

 tion, N., at $2.20 



40 10-frame Hive Bodies, with wired 



frames. N., at $1.30 



10 frame Covers, N. P $0.72 



10-frame bottoms, reversible, N 60 



8-frame Telescope metal Roof Covers, 



N. P.. at $1.00 



lOframe Bottoms, in flat $0.50 



350 lO-frame Exchider.s at $0.55 and $0.65 

 Medium Brood Foundation, Dadant, lb. $0.67 



Light Brood, lb $0.70 



Thin surplus for shallow frames, lb... $0.72 

 AVritci for further information and bargains. 



W. J. FOREHAND & SONS, 

 Fort Deposit Alabama 



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I. F. MILLER'S STRAIN 



Italian Queen bees for sale. Northern-bred, for 

 I usines.s fioiM luy lest. Sniien'of Bi'cedrrs- : gentle, 

 roll honey in. hardv, winter well, not inclined to 

 swarm, three banded. Queens a specialty, twenty- 

 si.\ \ ears' lircedin'Z experience. Satisfaction guaian- 

 teed. Safe arrival in U. S. and Canada. 

 Untested .. $1 . 40 ; 3, $3 .75 : 6, $7 . 00 ; 12, $1 3 . on 

 Select ITnt.. $1 . 65 ; 3. $4 . 50 ; 6, $8 . 50 ; 12, $1 6. 00 



I. F. MILLER, Rt. No. 2, BROOKVILLE, PA 



PosltiTeIr tfa* ehaapait and atroiveat livht on Mrtk. 

 Used In ererr eaontrr on the Blobo Hum mat 

 boma its own ras Casta no ahadows. Claaa mat 

 odorlaaa Absolotelj safs Orar 200 atrlaa IM ta 

 2000 Candle Power Fully Guarmnteed WrfU fair 

 cataloB, AGENTS WANTED EVEETWHXRB. 



THE BEST UGHT CO. 

 306 E. Sth St., Canton. O, 



MICHIGAN-BRED QUEENS -THREE-BANDED ITALIANS ONLY 



TESTED DISFASE-RESISTERS 



PRICKS 



.1 u tie 1 .5 to .1 1 



15 



Job 1.', |<> 0,.| 1 



Untested $1.50 $8.00 $15.00 $1.3U $7.50 



Select Untested 1-75 9.00 16.00 1.60 8.00 



Select Tested any time after June 20 3.00 16.00 



Sc-lect Davold Virgins after June 1 .60 3.50 



D, A, DAVIS. 216 GREENWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN 



$13.50 



14.00 



29 . 00 



6.50 



$111). nii 

 115.00 



50.00 



